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...MIRACULOUS chain of events which focused world attention on Three Mile Island may eventually prove a blessing. With public interest in the atomic energy issue aroused by the newly released movie, The China Syndrome, the latest in a long series of nuclear-related miscues received an inordinate share of media attention. Three Mile Island was the symbol of all that was wrong (or could go wrong) with a nuclear reactor: the anti-nuclear activists couldn't have staged a better dramatization of their fears...
...recent events are meaningful because of the increased public interest they have generated. In the long run, though, Three Mile Island will be truly effective only if it brings about the earnest investigations and reevaluations the public has been promised. Everyone from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to President Carter has pledged "a full accounting" of the Middletown accident and a subsequent reexamination of the nation's commitment to nuclear power. But as President Carter so aptly commented this week, "I think it does not contribute to safety to have a bureaucratic nightmare or maze of red tape." The studies...
...most alarming in the aftermath of the entire Pennsylvania affair is the incompetence, misinformation, misdirection and unpreparedness of the so-called experts who were attempting to handle the Three Mile Island accident. Despite early promises that the reactor shutdown was "routine" and a matter of "little concern" to the public, the situation turned out to be one of the most serious accidents in the annals of atomic power...
...years, they left it up to their public relations directors," deButts explains. "But the government has such a big hand in the affairs of business today, if the CEO doesn't get involved he's in real trouble. If he doesn't give them the facts, no one will...
...Congressmen. Not many Congressmen can afford to turn away the head of a $50 billion corporation. In fact, many members of Congress welcome the CEOs, soaking up the glamour associated with extreme wealth. In the 95th Congress, Senator Howard O. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) asked deButts to lunch to discuss public governance of the corporation, while Senator Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) contacted deButts to solicit the business community's help on urban problems...